Author: Marc Lacrosse
Date: 14:13:53 08/23/05
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On August 23, 2005 at 10:18:47, Joachim Rang wrote: >On August 23, 2005 at 09:56:37, Svein Bjørnar Myrvang wrote: > >>I've been looking to buy a new PC, and seeing that processor-tests indicate that >>processors show different performance depending not only on clock speeds and >>type, but also on tasks performed, I'm left with the following question: >>Which of the various types of processors from AMD and Intel are best suited for >>chess engines? Has anyone done any systematic testing of their performance (with >>nunnmark or the like), and if so, are the results posted anywhere? > >Have a quick look here: > >http://www.beepworld.de/members39/computerschach2/chessmarks.htm > >Intel is currently not competitive when it comes to chess. The best >price-performance ratio is currently a AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice (Sockel 939) >for about 100 $. > >Very good performance for a reasonable price is AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ (about >350 $) which is a dual-core-Processor which means there are two processors in >one (well sort of). The true performance of such a processor is only achievable >with Dual-capable engines (such as Deep Junior, Deep Shredder and Deep Sjeng for >example). > >regards Joachim As far as I am a Fruit-maniac and fruit is still monoprocessor, its performances are on the par with all the AMD monsters on my Intel Centrino Dothan 755 2.2 laptop, and i have it running under a tree in my garden :-) Marc
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